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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 10, 2025
Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees are in agreement that the debt limit has taken the issue of SNAP work requirements off the table for the farm bill debate.
Leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees say the debt limit agreement should remove SNAP work requirements as a potential sticking point in the upcoming farm bill debate, but also said the deal takes away some potential funding.
The shipping delays that plagued railroad networks last year have improved amid increases in staffing, though Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is calling for more action from the Surface Transportation Board to address what he calls “inadequate” and “unreliable” service from railroad companies.
Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill today as congressional leaders and President Joe Biden look to nail down the votes to pass the agreement the White House reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the weekend.
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service will spend $8 million for carbon measurement and monitoring on agricultural lands through partnerships with four institutions.
House Democrats have set up a new task force to focus on ag and nutrition programs in the next farm bill, and the group has a pretty busy schedule in mind.
Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee charged Wednesday that a conservation leasing rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management improperly circumvents congressional authority.
